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Russia carried out air strikes in Syria as Assad government mobilises against rebels
Vehicles burn after an airstrike against opposition fighters in Aleppo, Syria, late November 29, 2024

RUSSIA carried out a series of air strikes in Syria today as Islamist insurgents continued to push into territory further south.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that rural parts of Idlib and Hama had been hit by the strikes.

The Syrian military has rushed reinforcements to the north-west to push back jihadists who have seized Aleppo in their first offensive in years.

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